Fábio Silva

Fábio Miguel Martins da Silva joined the fire service in 1998 and in 2005 became a member of Portugal’s Civil Protection Special Force, where he contributed to creating the Fire Analysis and Use Group (GAUF) in 2011. He served as the national coordinator of GAUF from 2013 to February 2024 and assumed a position as the National Operations Assistant of the Civil Protection Special Force in 2014. In February 2024, he began an extended leave to pursue a Ph.D. in wildfire analysis. He holds a degree in Sociology, a postgraduate specialization in wildfires, and is an accredited technician in Fire Suppression and Prescribed Burns. Fábio is a member of the Pau Costa Foundation and currently serves on its Executive Committee.